john mcinerney 2014 - training assessors
DESCRIPTION
One of the biggest hurdles we faced was the initiation of external users in the clinical centres in the use of our platform. This presentation will present the interaction needed from the clinical preceptors with the ePortfolio. Supervisor sign off, formal assessment, formative and summative feedback. This presentation will also discuss the training programme as we implemented it, what worked well and will provide some examples of the resources we provided to facilitate the process.TRANSCRIPT
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Challenges of utilising external assessors (our experiences)
Presented by: John Mc Inerney
Prepared by John Mc Inerney in collaboration with Ruth Druva
Background Change can be difficult to implement and
Manage.
The challenge is not unique to Monash.
Our experience, the challenges.
What we have learned.
Development Introduce personalised online Learning management system in the
undergraduate radiography program.
Replacing paper-based workbooks as a repository for recording of clinical skills and assessment.
Students submit their work to the institutional learning environment for review.
Clinical skills assessments conducted within the submissions by external clinical partners.
Students to create ePortfolios to showcase their abilities following clinical placement.
Release date First cut to be completed three weeks post training on the new
platform.
Full implementation across the years within 1 year
– All task portolios created and released– All student guides created– All clinical partners trained– All clinical partners guides created
Pre-production 88 Centres
– Public/Private– Large/Small– Regional/Metropolitan– Assigned/Volunteer tutors
135 contacts on our address book
Deputies allowed to supervise clinical skills assessments
Additional staff
Production Team approach
– IT– PebblePad– Students– Clinical Partners– Other institutions
Training workshops offered via Doodle Poll (Early April and Early June)
Finalised dates X 2
Resources created
DistributionStudents and clinical partners access workbooks on a “live link”
Phased approach in an effort to reduce the strain on clinical partners
52 Year thee students late February(S1)
– limited, no assessor input 54 Year two students late March (S1)
– early adopters for clinical skills assessment component, radiography skills only
40 Year one students mid June (S1)
– radiography skills only 52 Year three students late August (S2)
– full clinical partners engagement, including nursing assessments
Post-distribution OH&S requirements to be signed as part of professional development
Clinical skills assessments
Radiography
Associated nursing tasks
Verify students submissions
Case reports including image collection
Evidence based assignments
Reflective reports
Attendance
Deputies
The reviews 360 degree feedback from stakeholders
– Students– Clinical partners– Clinical Liaison staff – IT (designer) – PP– Ourselves
Review and incorporate changes
Showcase our own work
Our approach
It can be taxing
Adopt a positive can do attitude
Must cater for all levels of digital literacy
Trailers!! Manual produced to coincide with each clinical placement
Printed copy for workshop attendees
PDF provided to all email contacts
Step by step pictorial guides
Highlighted areas of potential difficulty
Meeting the audience Clinical liaison visits
Scheduled to train assessors at centres where student would be utilising workbooks
Time consuming, not the focus of visits
An actual movie
First full year group of “paperless students” students, not all clinical partners trained for various reasons
Had to be innovative
Camtasia Movie
CHALLENGES
Release date
• Building resources
• Being cognisant of the planning required to conduct training
• Have a contingency
• Have a realistic timeline
The critics
Very broad range of digital literacy skills
People have very different attitudes, some will “blindly” proceed without even referring to the resources
Some will be uber cautious and are fearful of “losing” what they have completed
The script
EPortfolios have a very different terminology
Adds to the communication difficulties
The message
What we hoped for v What can happen
Demonstration
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Testing
Remember that glitch in the matrix?
You need to have a plan how you will trial and what (Language used)
Trialling when the students were on clinical placement was incredibly difficult for many reasons
The sequels
AcknowledgementsMonash University
Ruth Druva
Marilyn Baird
Our clinical partners across the board
Our students
Alex Czech/George Kotsanas
PebblePad
Alison Poot/Jodie Young
LaTrobe University
Terry Young
Everybody else along the way who weighed in with great advice